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A New Service…

A few weeks ago, I posted some thoughts around what I believe to be an injustice to the contracting community, the introduction of contracts inside IR35. For those not aware, this is where a contracting role with a client is viewed as an employer/employee type relationship, based on some criteria a government institution has botched together in an effort to raise additional funds from an area of business which has thrived, and brought great benefits to companies and individuals alike.

The inside IR35 contract forces the contractor down the route of having all income invoiced to the client made subject to PAYE Taxes before hitting their Limited (Ltd) Company bank account, which in most cases would cover the employer taxes also. ContractorCalculator.co.uk explain this very well.

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Business Model

Target for new service

  1. This new small scale Project Management Service will be targeted at Smaller business who don’t want the cost of a 5 days a week PM when the requirement is only 2-3 days.

  1. Companies who believe that their requirement for a PM falls inside IR35. Rather than go through an Umbrella company, Laurel Icon Ltd will provide a temp resource who is also backfilled if required for holidays etc.

  1. Both Employee contracts and Client contracts are reviewed quarterly.

  1. Initially Employees should be prior colleagues trusted and known

Employee Costs

The Employee Model for the new PAYE Service is shown below: (Rough guidelines using https://www.pcpayroll.co.uk/uk-salary-calculator/)

Level 1. Rough Costs for £25k Employee 

EMPLOYEE FINANCES

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

Gross

£25,000.00

£2,083.33

£480.77

Income Tax

£2,498.20

£208.18

£48.04

National Insurance

£1,860.00

£155.00

£35.77

Pension

£754.56

£62.88

£14.51

Net

£19,887.24

£1,657.27

£382.45

EMPLOYER COSTS

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

Gross

£25,000.00

£2,083.33

£480.77

National Insurance

£2,139.00

£178.25

£41.13

Pension

£565.92

£47.16

£10.88

Total

£27,704.92

£2,308.74

£532.79

Level 2. Rough Cost for £50k Employee

EMPLOYEE FINANCES 

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

Gross

£50,000.00

£4,166.67

£961.54

Income Tax

£7,498.20

£624.85

£144.20

National Insurance

£4,860.00

£405.00

£93.46

Pension

£1,754.56

£146.21

£33.74

Net

£35,887.24

£2,990.60

£690.14

EMPLOYER COSTS

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

Gross

£50,000.00

£4,166.67

£961.54

National Insurance

£5,589.00

£465.75

£107.48

Pension

£1,315.92

£109.66

£25.31

Total

£56,904.92

£4,742.08

£1,094.33

Level 3. Rough Costs for £75k Employee

EMPLOYEE FINANCES

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

Gross

£75,000.00

£6,250.00

£1,442.31

Income Tax

£17,496.40

£1,458.03

£336.47

National Insurance

£5,360.00

£446.67

£103.08

Pension

£1,754.56

£146.21

£33.74

Net

£50,389.04

£4,199.09

£969.02

EMPLOYER COSTS

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

Gross

£75,000.00

£6,250.00

£1,442.31

National Insurance

£9,039.00

£753.25

£173.83

Pension

£1,315.92

£109.66

£25.31

Total

£85,354.92

£7,112.91

£1,641.44

Assuming that the worst case scenario is 2 days work per week at £450

Initially this would allow for a single £25k employee In quarter 1.

Depending on the level of work coming in this can increase to level 2 or 3

If 3 days @£450 then Level 2

If 5 days @£450 then level 3

The work levels would be reviewed every 3 months and new contract signed at the appropriate level based on Income.

For each employee, the remainder of the cash-pot would be saved in a separate account, and if appropriate to the contract, travel costs deducted. At the end of each 3 months a bonus would be paid to both employee and company based on the following:

50% kept for Sick/Holiday Leave, travel expenses or other changes i.e. drop in Days to a lower level.

Remaining 50% split between employee and company.

If working at a higher level during the 3 months a larger % given to employee as bonus.

Examples of bonus:

Level 2 PM

Earns £50k pro rata – net £2990.60 per month

Over 3 months with 3 days work savings are approx 250/week (£1350 earned – £1094.33=£255.67)

Total is approx £1000 every 4 weeks

Total over 3 months is £3000

£1500 retained for next 3 months

£1500 split as £750 bonus to employee + £750 to Company

Level 3 PM

Earns £75k pro rata – net £4199.09 per month

Over 3 months with 5 days work savings are approx £600/week (£2250 earned – £1641.44=£608.56)

Total is approx £2400 every 4 weeks

Total over 3 months is £7200

£3600 retained for next 3 months

£3600 split as £2000 bonus to employee + £1600 to Company

The retention of the extra is to allow for changes in working days to the detriment of the company whilst the employee continue to the end of the 3 month contract on full pro-rata PAYE